Anne of Green Gables, one of Canada’s most dear literary heroines, is removing a makeover with a new CBC-TV series.
A female-led group of award-winning producers has sealed on to emanate a new chronicle of a Lucy Maud Montgomery classic simply entitled Anne, that will follow a identical storyline to a strange novel about a spirited 13-year-old though also “chart new territory.”
Production for an initial eight episodes is slated to start this spring, with an eye on a 2017 entrance — some-more than 30 years after CBC-TV first brought Anne Shirley into Canadian homes with the miniseries Anne of Green Gables.
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“Adapting Anne’s story unequivocally excites me,” pronounced Moira Walley-Beckett, Canadian Emmy-winner writer of Breaking Bad and Golden Globe hopeful for Flesh and Bone as good as one of a executive producers of a new project.
“Anne’s issues are contemporary issues: feminism, prejudice, bullying and a enterprise to belong. The stakes are high and her romantic tour is tumultuous. I’m anxious to excavate deeply into this musical story, pull a bounds and give it new life.”
Walley-Beckett will furnish a plan with associate Canadian Miranda de Pencier (Thanks for Sharing, Beginners) and colleagues Alison Owen (Suffragette, Temple Grandin) and Debra Hayward (Pride and Prejudice, Les Misérables).
A group of strike producers is bringing Anne of Green Gables behind to CBC-TV, including (from left) Moira Walley-Beckett, Debra Hayward, Miranda de Pencier and Alison Owen (CBC)
Montgomery’s tales about a the red-headed waif Anne Shirley have long desirous creators of TV, film and a stage: there have been more than dual dozen different adaptations over a years.
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The impression is frequently referenced in cocktail enlightenment and her stories continue to pull myriad tourists to Prince Edward Island, her illusory home.
The proclamation fast sparked fad among fans online.
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